ETF comparison
VPL vs VT
International Developed vs Global Stock (incl. US).
Vanguard FTSE Pacific Index Fund ETF Shares · Vanguard Total World Stock Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
2,335 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of VPL and VT would leave roughly 10.5% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Unmatched is the part of a fund's weight the other fund doesn't match: names only it holds, plus any extra weight it puts in names both funds hold.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — see what we don't score for why.
Cost difference
VT is 1 bps cheaper than VPL. On a $100,000 position that's about $10/yr more in fees for VPL.
Fee figure is the annual expense charged on $100,000. To see how the gap compounds over a multi-decade holding period, open the cost calculator pre-filled with VPL vs VT.
Top shared holdings
2,335 shared in total| # | Holding | In VPL | In VT | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Samsung Electronics Co Ltd | 6.61% | 0.70% | 0.70% |
| 2 | SK hynix Inc | 5.18% | 0.55% | 0.55% |
| 3 | Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc | 2.00% | 0.21% | 0.21% |
| 4 | BHP Group Ltd | 1.77% | 0.19% | 0.19% |
| 5 | Commonwealth Bank of Australia | 1.72% | 0.18% | 0.18% |
| 6 | Toyota Motor Corp | 1.66% | 0.17% | 0.17% |
| 7 | Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc | 1.28% | 0.14% | 0.14% |
| 8 | Tokyo Electron Ltd | 1.21% | 0.13% | 0.13% |
| 9 | Hitachi Ltd | 1.19% | 0.13% | 0.13% |
| 10 | Advantest Corp | 1.18% | 0.12% | 0.12% |
| 11 | Sony Group Corp | 1.14% | 0.12% | 0.12% |
| 12 | Mizuho Financial Group Inc | 1.01% | 0.11% | 0.11% |
Only in VPL
2 total- GeneOne Life Science Inc 0.00%
- China Fishery Group Ltd 0.00%
Only in VT
7,715 total- NVIDIA Corp 4.06%
- Apple Inc 3.87%
- Microsoft Corp 2.99%
- Amazon.com Inc 2.28%
- Alphabet Inc 1.83%
- Broadcom Inc 1.57%
- Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd 1.56%
- Alphabet Inc 1.44%
- Meta Platforms Inc 1.06%
- JPMorgan Chase & Co 0.81%
Related comparisons
More comparisons with VPL
- VPL vs VSS · Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US Small-Cap Index Fund ETF Shares 7.3%
- VPL vs SCHC · Schwab International Small-Cap Equity ETF 7.3%
- VPL vs AVDV · Avantis International Small Cap Value ETF 5.2%
- VPL vs DLS · WisdomTree International SmallCap Dividend Fund 4.8%
- VPL vs DISV · Dimensional International Small Cap Value ETF 4.3%
- VPL vs EWH · iShares MSCI Hong Kong ETF 3.3%
More comparisons with VT
- VT vs EEM · iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF 10.3%
- VT vs VWO · Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets Index Fund ETF Shares 9.8%
- VT vs DFIV · Dimensional International Value ETF 9.5%
- VT vs AAXJ · iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF 9.2%
- VT vs AVEM · Avantis Emerging Markets Equity ETF 9.0%
- VT vs SCHE · Schwab Emerging Markets Equity ETF 8.8%
Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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Holdings overlap is the sum of min(weight_a, weight_b) over positions
matched on ISIN (CUSIP fallback). Methodology: see
/methodology/.
Comparing two funds doesn't endorse swapping one for the other. Tax-lot history, account type, and personal goals matter — PlainIndex publishes data and methodology, not investment advice.